Sarah Jessica Parker Joins Twitter & More Famous First Tweets

Sarah Jessica Parker joined the world of celebrity tweeters Wednesday, dusting off her long-dormant @SJP Twitter account.

(That's right – Parker got in early enough to snag a rare three-letter handle.) The Sex & the City star heralded her arrival on the social network with a super-freaky eye avatar and a first Tweet that promoted her new web series about ballet dancers, "city.ballet."

How does Parker's first Tweet stack up with her celeb contemporaries'? Pretty well, in fact. SJP's Tweet fits firmly into one of the four major categories of celebrity tweets, The Self-Promotional Tweet. After all, your first Tweet is going to be getting a lot of attention. Why not take advantage of that? Beyoncé Knowles's first Tweet was a master class in the form:

Hey World, It's B!
I'm so excited to invite you to my new http://t.co/fZxlrtAh - we've been working
hard, and it's finally ready for you XO

A number of celebs have also introduced themselves to Twitter the same way that normal people do: through The Talking About Random Stuff You're Doing Tweet. Taylor Swift, as you might expect, totally kills it at this: